Hoi Dokter is a range of products by the Familie van Fonk product. This range of products consists of an iPad app that helps families and children prepare and process a hospital visit.

Hoi Dokter is a range of products by the Familie van Fonk product. This range of products consists of an iPad app that helps families and children prepare and process a hospital visit.

Hoi Dokter is a Family van Fonk product. It is an iPad app that helps families and children prepare and process a hospital visit.

Hoi Dokter is a Family van Fonk product. It is an iPad app that helps families and children prepare and process a hospital visit.

Hoi Dokter is a Family van Fonk product. It is an iPad app that helps families and children prepare and process a hospital visit.

The Impact

Many resources that are available for children undergoing a procedure are meant to distract them, but it is much better, to be honest with children in order not to break their trust. Hoi Dokter allows parents to start an honest dialogue with their children.

21 experts

To create Hoi Dokter we were privileged to work with many experts including pediatricians, child development specialists, medical professionals as well the the children and parents themselves. This made it possible to create a truly impactful app.

3 Hospitals

3 Hospitals

3 Hospitals

Three hospitals have implemented Hoi Dokter as part of their patient support. Together with these hospitals we are developing apps for specific treatments like groin ruptures, tonsil removal and more to come! The hospitals we work with are VUMC- Amsterdam UMC, Meander Medisch Centrum and Maastricht UMC.

"Can we help this family?"

"Can we help this family?"

"Can we help this family?"

"Can we help this family?"

Yes! And maybe more!

Yes! And maybe more!

Yes! And maybe more!

Hoi Dokter began with helping one family in need. A mother had recently adopted a young child and needed to prepare her for a medical procedure. We made a comic strip for the child to show what would happen at the hospital. This provided much comfort and worked so well that it became clear that this could help many families!

A customized app per hospital and family is necessary to truly be helpful.

By closely working with families to develop this app, we discovered that we could not make a general app that would cover every situation. We found that aspects of the app had to be adaptable and flexible so that families have the freedom to use Hoi Dokter in the way that works best for them. This is why we work together with hospitals to tailor the app to specific situations and treatments.

We included the character builder which allows children to build their specific family whatever that might look like (3 brothers? 2 mothers? It’s all possible). The app can also be customized for the specific hospital the family will be attending with photos of the actual room the child will stay in. Also, the story in the app is not linear so that the families can choose which subject they want to spend extra time on. The families can choose between different subjects like pain, food, staying the night and more.